No audio available for this content. This graphic represents the planned US Topo map production schedule for the next three- year revision cycle. The US Topo project repackages data from national GIS ...

WASHINGTON DC — Hikers, hunters and other outdoor recreationists will be pleased to know that free digital topographic maps are now available online from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Going for a hike this fall? The U.S. Geological Survey has free maps that might come in handy. The public topoBuilder app is now offering custom maps made free with their 25K Recreational Topo layer.

Those giant maps gathering dust in the corner of your favorite outdoor store have finally been brought into the 21st century. National Geographic‘s new service, launched last week on their Maps site, ...

The history of United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic mapping reflects more than a shift in cartographic style — it represents a fundamental transformation in how geographic information is ...

A few months ago we showed you Matt Fox’s excellent topographic maps of New Zealand, which were quite impressive. Over the years he’s had many requests to create similar maps with seamless USGS ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is using TerraGo Technologies' GeoPDF format to make its primary base series quadrangle maps available online. The USGS GeoPDF maps can be ...

Beginning in the 1940s, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Mapping Program was tasked with the immense cartographical feat of surveying the entire country to create a series of more than 50,000 ...

We have in the past looked at a lot of content provided by the USGS. The USGS is the provider of the data for the ‘earthquakes layer’ in Google Earth. We also looked at some of their future plans, ...